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|---------------B A T C H L R N  H E L P  S Y S T E M-----------------|
|command: ECHO                                                        |
|use: The batch command ECHO lets you choose whether or not to have   |
| the commands in your batch file displayed on the CRT screen as they |
| are performed. ECHO is also used for message display (no commands   |
| are shown). SEE NOTES SECTION BELOW.                                |
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|how: Type: ECHO ON    O-R ECHO OFF [for message sequencing]          |
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|examples: REFER TO ANY TIMEMASTER .BAT FILES ON THIS DISK            |
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|notes: Commands in a batch file are normally displayed as they are   |
| performed by your computer. If you enter ECHO OFF into a batch file |
| the commands are not displayed when they are performed. Command dis-|
| play while a batch processing file is operating can be distracting. |
| If you display the commands have a good reason for it!              |
|     A little known (useless?) feature is to type: ECHO <ret> at the |
| prompt, which displays current status of ECHO. If you type ECHO OFF |
| <ret> the prompt will disappear. Type:ECHO ON to restore!           |
|     If ECHO is set to OFF,you can use ECHO <your message>to display |
| text on screen. You can use this ONLY in a batch processing file.   |
| ECHO sends a message to the CRT screen. It helps organize and  ex-  |


| plain on the screen when a batch file executes. Normally, all batch |
| file commands would show on the screen as the file performs. To pre-|
| vent this echoing type:  ECHO OFF at the beginning. In particularly |
| long batch files you may have to do this after several or all of the|
| message echoeing sequences. This becomes especially true when you   |
| are commanding the display of multiple page ascii text files or     |
| when showing long files a page at a time with the DOS MORE command. |
| Your test run of the batch file you create will show you whether or |
| not additional ECHO OFF cmds are necessary. We always"follow-on"the |
| ECHO OFF with a CLS on the next line. This keeps the on-screen co-  |
| mmand distraction to a minimum. If you examine the .BAT & .EX files |
| on this disk you will see the use of ECHO in TIMEMASTER'S efforts.  |
|     When ECHO is OFF none of the actual DOS commands in the batch   |
| file will show on the screen. To display a message put it after tbe |
| command:         ECHO  . . .MY DOG HAS FLEAS!. . .                  |
| (Watch the placement, trying for message centering on the screen).  |
|     As you will see in REM.HLP,that command also displays messages. |
| You will learn,however, that is not the case if ECHO is OFF.        |
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